An extended epiphenotype for an extended phenotype in Toxoplasma gondii infected feral house mice

• Main Authors: Ngo, Philip, Lignereux, Louis, O'Handley, Ryan, Vyas, Ajai
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Behavioural Manipulation; Epigenetics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170375
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Parasitism of mice by Toxoplasma gondii reduces the host's aversion to cat odours, likely increasing predation and transmission of the parasite to its definitive host. This behavioural change suggests a parasitic manipulation where host behaviour becomes an extended phenotype of the parasite. I...